1998 United States House of Representatives elections in California

none February 2026 September 2023 1998 United States House of Representatives elections in California California legislative no 1996 United States House of Representatives elections in California 1996 2000 United States House of Representatives elections in California 2000 All 52 California seats to the United States House of Representatives 1998 11 03 Democratic Party (United States) 29 28 1 4,131,092 51.41% Republican Party (United States) 23 24 1 3,527,244 43.90% CA1998House.svg 250px Results:#92C5DE Democratic hold #0571B0 Democratic gain#F48882 Republican hold #CA0120 Republican gain The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1998 was an election for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 3, 1998. Democrats gained the 1st district but lost the 3rd and 36th (which they would gain back in 2000) districts for a net loss of one seat. This was the last time until a special election in 2020 where a Republican flipped a Democratic-held U.S. House seat in California, and also the last time until 2020 that Republicans flipped a Democratic-held seat in a general election. 2 Overview United States House of Representatives elections in California, 1998PartyVotes%BeforeAfter+/– Democratic 4,131,092 51.41% 29 28 -1 Republican 3,527,244 43.90% 23 24 +1 Libertarian 202,542 2.52% 0 0 0 Natural Law 113,601 1.41% 0 0 0 Green 23,906 0.30% 0 0 0 American Independent 14,587 0.18% 0 0 0 Peace and Freedom 14,070 0.18% 0 0 0 Reform 7,628 0.09% 0 0 0 Write-ins 793 0.01% 0 0 0 Invalid or blank votes 628,189 7.25% — — — Totals 8,662,859 100.00% 52 52 — Separate elections List of special elections to the United States House of Representatives in California Three special elections were held apart from those in November. The elected winners would serve the remainder of the incumbent Congress and face re-election in November. Date District Reason & Result Candidates March 10, 1998 CA 22 California 22 Walter Capps (D) died October 28, 1997Democratic holdWinner was subsequently re-elected in November Lois Capps (D)Tom Bordonaro (R)Robert Bakhaus (L) April 7, 1998 CA 9 California 9 Ron Dellums (D) resigned February 6, 1998Democratic holdWinner was subsequently re-elected in November Barbara Lee (D)Greg Harper (D)Claiborne Sanders (R)Randal Stewart (D) April 7, 1998 CA 44 California 44 Sonny Bono (R) died January 5, 1998Republican holdWinner was subsequently re-elected in November Mary Bono (R)Ralph Waite (D)Anna Nevenich (D)John W. J. Overman (D)Tom Hamey (R)Bud Mathewson (R) Results Final results from the Secretary of State of California: District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27District 28 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35 • District 36 • District 37 • District 38 • District 39 • District 40District 41 • District 42 • District 43 • District 44 • District 45 • District 46 • District 47 • District 48 • District 49 • District 50 • District 51 • District 52 __NOTOC__ District 1 California's 1st congressional district election, 1998 Democratic Party (United States) Mike Thompson 121,713 61.85 Republican Party (United States) Mark Luce 64,622 32.84 Libertarian Party (United States) Emil Rossi 5,404 2.75 Peace and Freedom Party (United States) Ernest K. Jones, Jr. 4,996 2.54 Lawrence R. Weisner (write-in) 37 0.02 11,017 5.30 207,789 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) District 2 California's 2nd congressional district election, 1998 Republican Party (United States) Wally Herger (incumbent) 128,372 62.51 Democratic Party (United States) Roberts "Rob" Braden 70,837 34.49 Natural Law Party (United States) Patrice Thiessen 6,138 2.99 Stephen F. Scott (write-in) 20 0.01 10,185 4.73 215,552 100.00 Republican Party (United States) District 3 California's 3rd congressional district election, 1998 Republican Party (United States) Doug Ose 100,621 52.41 Democratic Party (United States) Sandie Dunn 86,471 45.04 Libertarian Party (United States) Ross Crain 4,914 2.56 12,040 5.90 204,046 100.00 Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) District 4 California's 4th congressional district election, 1998 Republican Party (United States) John Doolittle (incumbent) 155,306 62.57 Democratic Party (United States) David Shapiro 85,394 34.40 Libertarian Party (United States) Dan Winterrowd 7,524 3.03 15,715 5.95 263,939 100.00 Republican Party (United States) District 5 California's 5th congressional district election, 1998 Democratic Party (United States) Robert Matsui (incumbent) 130,715 71.89 Republican Party (United States) Robert Dinsmore 47,307 26.02 Libertarian Party (United States) Douglas Arthur Tuma 3,746 2.06 Ken Adams (write-in) 70 0.04 9,856 5.14 191,694 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) District 6 California's 6th congressional district election, 1998 Democratic Party (United States) Lynn Woolsey (incumbent) 158,446 68.01 Republican Party (United States) Ken McAuliffe 69,295 29.74 Natural Law Party (United States) Alan R. Barreca 5,240 2.25 10,861 4.45 243,842 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) District 7 California's 7th congressional district election, 1998 Democratic Party (United States) George Miller (incumbent) 125,842 76.67 Republican Party (United States) Norman H. Reece 38,290 23.33 10,178 5.84 174,310 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) District 8 California's 8th congressional district election, 1998 Democratic Party (United States) Nancy Pelosi (incumbent) 148,027 85.83 Republican Party (United States) David J. Martz 20,781 12.05 Natural Law Party (United States) David Smithstein 3,654 2.12 20,405 10.58 195,996 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) District 9 California's 9th congressional district election, 1998 Democratic Party (United States) Barbara Lee (incumbent) 140,722 82.83 Republican Party (United States) Claiborne "Clay" Sanders 22,431 13.20 Peace and Freedom Party (United States) Gerald Sanders 4,767 2.81 Natural Law Party (United States) Walter Ruehlig 1,975 1.16 14,602 7.91 184,497 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) District 10 California's 10th congressional district election, 1998 Democratic Party (United States) Ellen Tauscher (incumbent) 127,134 53.46 Republican Party (United States) Charles Ball 103,299 43.44 Natural Law Party (United States) Valerie Janlois 3,941 1.66 Reform Party (United States) John Place 3,435 1.44 12,418 4.96 250,227 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) District 11 California's 11th congressional district election, 1998 Republican Party (United States) Richard Pombo (incumbent) 95,496 61.43 Democratic Party (United States) Robert L. Figueroa 56,345 36.25 Libertarian Party (United States) Jesse Baird 3,608 2.32 12,653 7.53 168,102 100.00 Republican Party (United States) District 12 California's 12th congressional district election, 1998 Democratic Party (United States) Tom Lantos (incumbent) 128,135 73.98 Republican Party (United States) Robert H. Evans, Jr. 36,562 21.11 Libertarian Party (United States) Michael J. Moloney 8,515 4.92 14,592 7.77 187,804 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) District 13 California's 13th congressional district election, 1998 Democratic Party (United States) Pete Stark (incumbent) 101,671 71.20 Republican Party (United States) James R. Goetz 38,050 26.65 Natural Law Party (United States) Karnig Beylikjian 3,066 2.15 11,847 7.66 154,634 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) District 14 California's 14th congressional district election, 1998 Democratic Party (United States) Anna Eshoo (incumbent) 129,663 68.64 Republican Party (United States) John C. "Chris" Haugen 53,719 28.44 Libertarian Party (United States) Joseph W. Dehn III 3,166 1.68 Natural Law Party (United States) Anna Currivan 2,362 1.25 9,744 4.91 198,654 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) District 15 California's 15th congressional district election, 1998 Republican Party (United States) Tom Campbell (incumbent) 111,876 60.54 Democratic Party (United States) Dick Lane 70,059 37.91 Natural Law Party (United States) Frank Strutner 2,843 1.54 Constant Vlakancic (write-in) 8 0.00 12,654 6.41 197,440 100.00 Republican Party (United States) District 16 California's 16th congressional district election, 1998 Democratic Party (United States) Zoe Lofgren (incumbent) 85,503 72.82 Republican Party (United States) Horace Eugene Thayn 27,494 23.42 Natural Law Party (United States) John H. Black 4,417 3.76 8,511 6.76 125,925 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) District 17 California's 17th congressional district election, 1998 Democratic Party (United States) Sam Farr (incumbent) 103,719 64.55 Republican Party (United States) Bill McCampbell 52,470 32.65 Libertarian Party (United States) Rick Garrett 2,791 1.74 Natural Law Party (United States) Scott R. Hartley 1,710 1.06 9,020 5.31 169,710 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) District 18 California's 18th congressional district election, 1998 Democratic Party (United States) Gary Condit (incumbent) 118,842 86.79 Libertarian Party (United States) Linda M. Degroat 18,089 13.21 10,790 7.30 147,721 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) District 19 California's 19th congressional district election, 1998 Republican Party (United States) George Radanovich (incumbent) 131,105 79.4 Libertarian Party (United States) Jonathan Richter 34,044 20.6 18,249 9.95 183,398 100.00 Republican Party (United States) District 20 California's 20th congressional district election, 1998 Democratic Party (United States) Cal Dooley (incumbent) 60,599 60.73 Republican Party (United States) Cliff Unruh 39,183 39.27 6,181 5.83 105,963 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) District 21 California's 21st congressional district election, 1998 Republican Party (United States) Bill Thomas (incumbent) 115,989 78.91 Reform Party (United States) John Evans 30,994 21.09 14,516 8.99 161,499 100.00 Republican Party (United States) District 22 California's 22nd congressional district election, 1998 Democratic Party (United States) Lois Capps (incumbent) 111,388 55.09 Republican Party (United States) Tom J. Bordonaro Jr. 86,921 42.99 Libertarian Party (United States) Robert Bakhaus 2,618 1.29 Reform Party (United States) Richard D. "Dick" Porter 1,263 0.62 6,575 3.15 208,765 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) District 23 California's 23rd congressional district election, 1998 Republican Party (United States) Elton Gallegly (incumbent) 96,362 60.06 Democratic Party (United States) Daniel "Dan" Gonzalez 64,068 39.94 10,739 6.27 171,169 100.00 Republican Party (United States) District 24 Polling Poll sourceDate(s)Sample sizeMargin of errorBrad Sherman (D)Randy Hoffman (R)Other / undecidedCalculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined. pollingZogby Interactive/JZ AnalyticsFiveThirtyEight's Pollster Ratings Raw Polls File https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fivethirtyeight/data/refs/heads/master/pollster-ratings/2023/raw-polls.csv October 15, 2026 GitHub FiveThirtyEightOctober 25, 1998300—47%34%19% Results California's 24th congressional district election, 1998 Democratic Party (United States) Brad Sherman (incumbent) 103,491 57.31 Republican Party (United States) Randy Hoffman 69,501 38.49 Natural Law Party (United States) Catherine Carter 3,033 1.68 Libertarian Party (United States) Erich D. Miller 2,695 1.49 Peace and Freedom Party (United States) Ralph Shroyer 1,860 1.03 11,710 6.09 192,290 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) District 25 California's 25th congressional district election, 1998 Republican Party (United States) Howard McKeon (incumbent) 114,013 74.67 Libertarian Party (United States) Bruce Acker 38,669 25.33 19,092 11.11 171,774 100.00 Republican Party (United States) District 26 California's 26th congressional district election, 1998 Democratic Party (United States) Howard Berman (incumbent) 69,000 82.47 Libertarian Party (United States) Juan Carlos Ros 6,556 7.84 Green Party (United States) Maria Armoudian 4,858 5.81 Natural Law Party (United States) David L. Cossak 3,248 3.88 9,803 10.49 93,465 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) District 27 California's 27th congressional district election, 1998 Republican Party (United States) Jim Rogan (incumbent) 80,702 50.73 Democratic Party (United States) Barry A. Gordon 73,875 46.44 Libertarian Party (United States) Bob New 4,489 2.82 10,853 6.39 169,919 100.00 Republican Party (United States) District 28 California's 28th congressional district election, 1998 Republican Party (United States) David Dreier (incumbent) 90,607 57.64 Democratic Party (United States) Janice M. Nelson 61,721 39.26 Libertarian Party (United States) Jerry R. Douglas 2,099 1.34 Green Party (United States) Walt Contreras Sheasby 1,954 1.24 Natural Law Party (United States) M. Lawrence Allison 819 0.52 10,620 6.33 167,820 100.00 Republican Party (United States) District 29 California's 29th congressional district election, 1998 Democratic Party (United States) Henry Waxman (incumbent) 131,561 73.87 Republican Party (United States) Mike Gottlieb 40,282 22.62 Libertarian Party (United States) Mike Binkley 3,534 1.98 Natural Law Party (United States) Karen Blasdell-Wilkinson 2,717 1.53 11,809 6.22 189,903 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) District 30 California's 30th congressional district election, 1998 Democratic Party (United States) Xavier Becerra (incumbent) 58,230 81.25 Republican Party (United States) Patricia Parker 13,441 18.75 6,325 8.11 77,996 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) District 31 California's 31st congressional district election, 1998 Democratic Party (United States) Matthew G. Martinez (incumbent) 61,173 70.02 Republican Party (United States) Frank C. Moreno 19,786 22.65 Green Party (United States) Krista Lieberg-Wong 4,377 5.01 Libertarian Party (United States) Michael B. Everling 1,121 1.28 Natural Law Party (United States) Gary Hearne 903 1.03 7,683 8.08 95,043 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) District 32 California's 32nd congressional district election, 1998 Democratic Party (United States) Julian C. Dixon (incumbent) 112,253 86.69 Republican Party (United States) Laurence Ardito 14,622 11.29 Libertarian Party (United States) Velko Milosevich 2,617 2.02 11,836 8.37 141,328 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) District 33 California's 33rd congressional district election, 1998 Democratic Party (United States) Lucille Roybal-Allard (incumbent) 43,310 87.19 Republican Party (United States) Wayne Miller 6,364 12.81 4,996 9.14 54,670 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) District 34 California's 34th congressional district election, 1998 Democratic Party (United States) Grace Napolitano 76,471 67.63 Republican Party (United States) Ed Perez 32,321 28.58 Libertarian Party (United States) Jason Heath 2,195 1.94 American Independent Party Walter Scott 2,088 1.85 9,381 7.66 122,456 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) District 35 California's 35th congressional district election, 1998 Democratic Party (United States) Maxine Waters (incumbent) 78,732 89.32 American Independent Party Gordon Michael Mego 9,413 10.68 9,079 9.34 117,567 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) District 36 Polling Poll sourceDate(s)Sample sizeMargin of errorSteve Kuykendall (R)Janice Hahn (D)Other / undecidedCalculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined. pollingZogby Interactive/JZ AnalyticsFiveThirtyEight's Pollster Ratings Raw Polls File https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fivethirtyeight/data/refs/heads/master/pollster-ratings/2023/raw-polls.csv October 15, 2026 GitHub FiveThirtyEightOctober 25, 1998300—47%30%23% Results California's 36th congressional district election, 1998 Republican Party (United States) Steven T. Kuykendall 88,843 48.89 Democratic Party (United States) Janice Hahn 84,624 46.57 Green Party (United States) Robin Barrett 3,612 1.99 Libertarian Party (United States) Kerry Welsh 3,066 1.69 Reform Party (United States) John R. Konopka 1,561 0.86 13,140 6.74 194,846 100.00 Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) District 37 California's 37th congressional district election, 1998 Democratic Party (United States) Juanita Millender-McDonald (inc.) 70,026 85.06 Republican Party (United States) Saul E. Lankster 12,301 14.94 11,036 11.82 93,363 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) District 38 California's 38th congressional district election, 1998 Republican Party (United States) Steve Horn (incumbent) 88,136 52.93 Democratic Party (United States) Peter Mathews 71,627 44.31 Libertarian Party (United States) David Bowers 3,705 2.75 Margherita Underhill (write-in) 17 0.01 10,085 6.96 173,570 100.00 Republican Party (United States) District 39 California's 39th congressional district election, 1998 Republican Party (United States) Ed Royce (incumbent) 97,366 62.63 Democratic Party (United States) A. "Cecy" R. Groom 52,815 33.97 Libertarian Party (United States) Jack Dean 3,347 2.15 Natural Law Party (United States) Ron Jevning 1,937 1.25 12,719 7.56 168,184 100.00 Republican Party (United States) District 40 California's 40th congressional district election, 1998 Republican Party (United States) Jerry Lewis (incumbent) 97,406 64.88 Democratic Party (United States) Robert "Bob" Conaway 47,897 31.90 Libertarian Party (United States) Maurice Maybena 4,822 3.21 10,135 6.32 160,260 100.00 Republican Party (United States) District 41 California's 41st congressional district election, 1998 Republican Party (United States) Gary Miller 68,310 53.20 Democratic Party (United States) Eileen R. Ansari 52,264 40.70 Green Party (United States) Cynthia Allaire 3,597 2.80 Libertarian Party (United States) Kenneth E. Valentine 2,529 1.97 Natural Law Party (United States) David F. Kramer 1,714 1.33 8,048 5.90 136,462 100.00 Republican Party (United States) District 42 California's 42nd congressional district election, 1998 Democratic Party (United States) George Brown, Jr. (incumbent) 62,207 55.29 Republican Party (United States) Elia Pirozzi 45,328 40.28 American Independent Party Hale McGee 3,086 2.74 Libertarian Party (United States) David Lynn Hollist 1,899 1.69 6,576 5.52 119,096 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) District 43 California's 43rd congressional district election, 1998 Republican Party (United States) Ken Calvert (incumbent) 83,012 55.69 Democratic Party (United States) Mike Rayburn 56,373 37.82 Green Party (United States) Phill Courtney 5,508 3.69 Natural Law Party (United States) Annie Wallack 4,178 2.80 9,064 5.73 158,135 100.00 Republican Party (United States) District 44 California's 44th congressional district election, 1998 Republican Party (United States) Mary Bono (incumbent) 97,013 60.06 Democratic Party (United States) Ralph Waite 57,697 35.72 Natural Law Party (United States) Jim J. Meuer 6,818 4.22 8,675 5.10 170,203 100.00 Republican Party (United States) District 45 California's 45th congressional district election, 1998 Republican Party (United States) Dana Rohrabacher (incumbent) 94,296 58.65 Democratic Party (United States) Patricia W. Neal 60,022 37.33 Libertarian Party (United States) Don Hull 4,337 2.70 Natural Law Party (United States) William "Bill" Verkamp Jr. 2,115 1.32 13,724 7.87 174,494 100.00 Republican Party (United States) District 46 Polling Poll sourceDate(s)Sample sizeMargin of errorLoretta Sanchez (D)Bob Dornan (R)Other / undecidedCalculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined. pollingLos Angeles TimesFiveThirtyEight's Pollster Ratings Raw Polls File https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fivethirtyeight/data/refs/heads/master/pollster-ratings/2023/raw-polls.csv October 15, 2026 GitHub FiveThirtyEightOctober 17, 19981,000—48%34%18% Results California's 46th congressional district election, 1998 Democratic Party (United States) Loretta Sanchez (incumbent) 47,964 56.43 Republican Party (United States) Bob Dornan 33,388 39.28 Libertarian Party (United States) Thomas E. Reimer 2,316 2.72 Natural Law Party (United States) Larry G. Engwall 1,334 1.57 4,698 5.24 89,700 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) District 47 California's 47th congressional district election, 1998 Republican Party (United States) Christopher Cox (incumbent) 132,711 67.60 Democratic Party (United States) Christina Avalos 57,938 29.51 Libertarian Party (United States) Victor A. Wagner, Jr. 2,991 1.52 Reform Party (United States) Raymond O. Mills 1,369 0.70 Natural Law Party (United States) Paul Fisher 1,307 0.67 15,026 7.11 211,342 100.00 Republican Party (United States) District 48 California's 48th congressional district election, 1998 Republican Party (United States) Ron Packard (incumbent) 138,948 76.89 Natural Law Party (United States) Sharon K. Miles 23,262 12.87 Libertarian Party (United States) Daniel L. Muhe 18,509 10.24 25,874 12.52 206,593 100.00 Republican Party (United States) District 49 California's 49th congressional district election, 1998 Republican Party (United States) Brian Bilbray (incumbent) 90,516 48.79 Democratic Party (United States) Christine Kehoe 86,400 46.57 Libertarian Party (United States) Ernest Lippe 3,327 1.79 Natural Law Party (United States) Julia F. Simon 2,829 1.52 Peace and Freedom Party (United States) Janice Jordan 2,447 1.32 11,370 5.77 196,889 100.00 Republican Party (United States) District 50 California's 50th congressional district election, 1998 Democratic Party (United States) Bob Filner (incumbent) 77,354 99.18 Jon Parungoa (write-in) 596 0.77 Petra E. Barajas (write-in) 41 0.05 37,243 32.32 115,234 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) District 51 California's 51st congressional district election, 1998 Republican Party (United States) Duke Cunningham (incumbent) 126,229 61.02 Democratic Party (United States) Dan Kripke 71,706 34.66 Libertarian Party (United States) Jack Anderson 5,411 2.62 Natural Law Party (United States) Eric Bourdette 3,532 1.71 Don J. Pando (write-in) 0 0.00 15,616 7.02 222,494 100.00 Republican Party (United States) District 52 California's 52nd congressional district election, 1998 Republican Party (United States) Duncan Hunter (incumbent) 116,251 75.70 Libertarian Party (United States) Lynn Badler 21,933 14.28 Natural Law Party (United States) Adrienne Pelton 15,380 10.02 Bill Warren (write-in) 4 0.00 18,625 10.82 172,193 100.00 Republican Party (United States) See also 106th United States Congress Political party strength in California Political party strength in U.S. states 1998 United States House of Representatives elections References 1998 General Election Returns for United States Congress California Elections Page External links California Legislative District Maps (1911-Present) RAND California Election Returns: District Definitions 1998 United States House of Representatives California